RNS Number : 9977Y
National Express Group PLC
10 May 2023
 

NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC

Result of AGM - 10 May 2023

National Express Group PLC (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today in the Bevan Suite at BMA House, British Medical Association, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP at 2.00pm. All resolutions at the AGM were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed with the requisite majority. The full results are detailed below.

As at 6.30pm on Friday 5 May 2023, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 614,086,377 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in issue.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll. 

 

 Resolution

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

% of ISC voted

Number of votes withheld

No. of shares

%

No. of shares

%

1.    

To receive the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2022 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon

423,161,975

100.00

16,946

0.00

68.91

394,617

2.    

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration (advisory vote only)

396,242,850

94.02

25,215,882

5.98

68.63

2,114,806

3.    

To declare a full year 2022 dividend of 5.0p per ordinary share

421,401,462

99.50

2,101,079

0.50

68.96

70,997

4.    

To elect Helen Weir as a Director of the Company

419,670,662

99.10

3,792,727

0.90

68.96

109,849

5.    

To elect James Stamp as a Director of the Company

422,200,580

99.70

1,253,529

0.30

68.96

119,429

6.    

To re-elect Jorge Cosmen as a Director of the Company

413,770,579

97.71

9,686,373

2.29

68.96

116,586

7.    

To re-elect Matthew Crummack as a Director of the Company

416,991,805

98.47

6,463,786

1.53

68.96

117,947

8.    

To re-elect Carolyn Flowers as a Director of the Company

416,768,561

98.42

6,688,591

1.58

68.96

116,386

9.    

To re-elect Ignacio Garat as a Director of the Company

422,264,469

99.72

1,191,303

0.28

68.96

117,766

10. 

To re-elect Karen Geary as a Director of the Company

417,001,473

98.48

6,448,818

1.52

68.96

123,247

11. 

To re-elect Ana de Pro Gonzalo as a Director of the Company

422,300,152

99.73

1,153,009

0.27

68.96

120,377

12. 

To re-elect Mike McKeon as a Director of the Company

422,293,455

99.73

1,160,671

0.27

68.96

119,412

13. 

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor

387,042,825

91.40

36,433,802

8.60

68.96

96,911

14. 

To authorise the Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration

387,602,887

91.53

35,877,842

8.47

68.96

92,809

15. 

To authorise political donations and expenditure

422,479,412

99.77

978,577

0.23

68.96

115,549

16. 

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

406,994,615

96.11

16,485,676

3.89

68.96

93,247

17. 

To give the Directors power to disapply pre-emption rights - general

408,284,820

96.41

15,186,408

3.59

68.96

102,310

18. 

To give the Directors power to disapply pre-emption rights - specific

393,834,316

93.00

29,641,326

7.00

68.96

97,896

19. 

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

423,333,461

99.98

80,008

0.02

68.95

160,069

20. 

To call General Meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice

414,118,711

97.79

9,358,913

2.21

68.96

95,914

 

NOTES:  

 1.   The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairperson discretion.

2.   Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

3.   Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions which required a majority of votes cast to be in favour.  

4.   Resolutions 17 to 20 were special resolutions which required at least 75% of votes cast to be in favour.  

5.   In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

6.  The voting results shown above are also available on the Company's website at https://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/investors/agm

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Company contacts:

Simon Callander, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

+44 (0) 7795 232 708

 

Gillian Saunderson, Deputy Company Secretary

+44 (0) 7506 642 348

 

Notes

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800A8IQEMY8PA5X34

Classification: 3.1 (with reference to DTR6 Annex 1R)

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